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‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

The classic festive tale of humbug and redemption has been adapted countless times for film and TV since the very first silent version in 1901 - but which ones are actually worth watching? The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Kevin E G Perry back to visit the top five

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7 best Christmas movie musicals to watch this holiday season

'Tis the season for song and dance, so tune into these great Christmas movie musicals.

Tom’s Guide

Marion Cotillard at 50: the actor’s 20 best films – ranked!

We rate her most impressive performances, from Lady Macbeth to Edith Piaf to a Batman baddie

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Watching These Movies Might Feel Different When You Read These 23 Rare Movie Facts Found Online

Cinema is full of amazingly amusing yet relatively unknown stories that never appear on the big screen. Fortunately, soon enough, they find their way online, and that's exactly what this post is about.

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Alternatives to prison are vital for convicts and their families

Abolishing custodial sentences of less than two years would protect some of the country’s most vulnerable children

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: RFK Jr condemned as ‘clear and present danger’ after Trump nomination

Experts warn making the anti-vaccine activist health secretary ‘is going to cost lives’. Plus, Paul Mescal interviews Ridley Scott

The Guardian - UK

Ridley Scott rebuilds Rome for 'Gladiator II'

Ridley Scott is calling his upcoming Roman epic “Gladiator II" his best film

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44 best classic movies on Netflix right now

Netflix's library contains numerous classic movies for subscribers to rewatch or discover for the first time. Here are our picks for the best to watch right now.

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Kerry Lee Crabbe obituary

Other lives: Writer and adapter of plays and screenplays including The Playboys starring Albert Finney

The Guardian - UK

Oscar Best Picture winners ranked: all 97 winning movies

There have been 97 Oscar Best Picture winners so far, and we're ranking them all right here. Take a look.

WhatToWatch

Shirley Anne Field obituary

British actor who starred in the 1960s film classics Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Entertainer

The Guardian - UK

Shirley Anne Field: a smart and seductive key player in the British New Wave

Appearing in many of the landmark gritty dramas of the era, the actor, who has died aged 87, stood out for portraying vulnerability combined with a canny intelligence

The Guardian - UK

A Christmas Carol: 8 Facts You Might Not Know About Charles Dickens’ Story And Its Many Adaptations

Here are some stories behind A Christmas Carol, both the novella and its various adaptations.

Cinemablend

Bo Goldman obituary

Oscar-winning screenwriter of films including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Scent of a Woman

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‘Outrageous, magnetic and genuinely fearless’: Mike Figgis on Julian Sands

The director worked with his friend Julian Sands on eight films – and one fitness regime. Here he remembers an actor unlike any other: impish, charismatic and unafraid to shock

The Guardian - UK

Ted Whitehead obituary

Dramatist and screenwriter whose best-known stage play, Alpha Beta, is a scorching study of marriage and morality

The Guardian - UK

My father’s films changed how British cinema saw the poor. Today, they repay a second look

With films such as 1960’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Karel Reisz was a pioneer in reshaping perceptions of ordinary Britons. I think there’s still lots to learn from them

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‘My Favorite Year,’ Comic Salute to TV’s Golden Age, Hits 40

Peter O’Toole was famed for his commanding, Oscar-nominated turns. Mark Linn-Baker was a fledgling stage actor. Richard Benjamin, who’d made a leading-man splash in "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Westworld," had a few TV directing credits. The sum of these unlikely parts was the zesty 1982 movie comedy "My Favorite Year," starring…

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The Independent UK

'My Favorite Year,' comic salute to TV's golden age, hits 40

A movie that takes a fond look back at the original golden age of TV has reached a milestone

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Dame Angela Lansbury obituary

Quentin Falk writes:

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9 Angela Lansbury favorites to watch and where to find them

You're not alone if you saw the news of Angela Lansbury's death Tuesday, at 96, and thought about turning on an episode of "Murder, She Wrote," the beloved mystery series she starred in from 1984 to 1996 as a writer and amateur detective on the coast of Maine. Or, for…

Daily Mirror

Best black and white movies including Some Like It Hot and The One That Got Away

Paul Routledge picks his favourite black and white movies after a poll found that younger people are now falling for famous movies such as Casablanca and Brief Encounter

The Guardian - UK

Tom Courtenay: ‘I told Daniel Craig I turned down Bond because of the gym work’

The celebrated actor answers your questions about the train scene in Doctor Zhivago, the joy of working on The Royle Family, and his love of the ukulele

Daily Mirror

Where is the cast of Annie now? From wedding singer to Broadway star as film turns 40

The musical comedy film Annie (1982) celebrates the 40th anniversary of its release this year and we take a look at where the stars that made Miss Hannagan and billionaire Oliver Warbucks come to life are now

The Guardian - UK

Liza Minnelli’s 20 best films – ranked!

Her turn presenting best picture at the Oscars with Lady Gaga was a bit overshadowed, so ahead of the 50th anniversary of Cabaret, we give you the all-singing, all-dancing Minnelli Top 20

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